Church and State

Diocese of South Carolina not required to give properties and name back to national Episcopal Church.

Ruth Moon

[ posted 2/5/2015 11:38AM ]

Courtesy of Diocese of South Carolina

In the "land and building wars" long fought within mainline denominations, the denomination usually wins. But this week, a South Carolina judge ruled that bishop Mark Lawrence and 36 South Carolina parishes had the right to leave The Episcopal Church in 2012 and ...

(UPDATED) Bill de Blasio campaigned on the promise of letting churches rent school space. Now he’s asking the Supreme Court to prohibit it.

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

[ posted 1/23/2015 11:14AM ]

NYC Mayor's Office / Flickr

Update (Feb. 2): In response to the NYC mayor's office, the lead church in question (Bronx Household of Faith) has also filed a brief, arguing that religious groups shouldn’t be the only community groups barred from meeting in public schools.

For two years now, CT has devoted a premium slot in its print magazine—the back page—to a compelling story of Christian conversion. Muslims and Mormons, football players and French atheists, even an alcoholic Baptist have all contributed to our Testimony series. ...

As almost 1,500 pastors attempt to provoke the IRS this Sunday by preaching political messages from their pulpits, a recent survey finds that Americans increasingly agree they should have such a right—including the religiously unaffiliated.

Fresh stats on who thinks churches should endorse candidates, whether homosexual behavior is a sin, and has it gotten harder to be an evangelical.

Morgan Lee

[ posted 9/22/2014 12:01PM ]

Pew Research Center

More Americans want more religion in politics, according to a new Pew Research Center study exploring the "growing appetite" for churches endorsing political candidates and other intersections of church and state.

(UPDATED) After narrow "No" vote, Scottish evangelicals say churches will take lead in building the 'new Scotland.'

Morgan Lee

[ posted 9/18/2014 10:27AM ]

Evangelical Alliance Scotland

Update (Sept 19): A narrow majority of Scottish voters (55%) voted no Thursday on independence from the United Kingdom. In the wake of the contentious referendum—which saw more than 80 percent of voters participate—the Evangelical Alliance Scotland called for ...

Tax agency and FFRF announce settlement, but Milwaukee church disputes the lawsuit's dismissal.

Kate Tracy

[ posted 7/25/2014 11:33AM ]

Alliance Defending Freedom

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has agreed to investigate the political activity of churches after reaching a settlement with an atheist legal group. But a court has yet to decide whether or not to close the case.